Very little is known about the local power of second generation panel unit root tests that are robust to cross-section dependence. This paper derives the local asymptotic power functions of the CADF and CIPS tests of Pesaran (A Simple Panel Unit Root Test in Presence of Cross-Section Dependence,...

This paper analyzes the role of initialization when testing for a unit root in panel data, an issue that has received surprisingly little attention in the literature. In fact, most studies assume that the initial value is either zero or bounded. As a response to this, the current paper considers...

In a recent study, Westerlund (Empir Econ 37:517–531, <CitationRef CitationID="CR37">2009</CitationRef>) shows that the performance of the popular LLC (Levin et al., J Econ 108:1–24, <CitationRef CitationID="CR22">2002</CitationRef>) panel unit root test depends critically on the choice of lag truncation used when correcting for serial correlation, and that it is only when this...</citationref></citationref>

This paper proposes new unit root tests in the context of a random autoregressive coefficient panel data model, in which the null of a unit root corresponds to the joint restriction that the autoregressive coefficient has unit mean and zero variance. The asymptotic distributions of the test...

This paper proposes a new unit root test in the context of a random autoregressive coefficient panel data model, in which the null of a unit root corresponds to the joint restriction that the autoregressive coefficient has unit mean and zero variance. The asymptotic distribution of the test...